Types+of+Acting

Read the section in Drama Studies on Pages 56-58 that outlines the differences between PRESENTATIONAL and REPRESENTATIONAL acting. On your wiki page, write up your own understanding of the differences in two hundred words.
 * TYPES OF ACTING.**

Then upload to your page a clip from You Tube that you think is a great example of representational acting. Remember that you are focusing on the performance, not on the personality or celebrity of the actor. In two hundred words, describe why you think it's a great piece of acting.

Here is a shot clip of a celebrated piece of acting. What do you think? media type="youtube" key="dHtJUWO7yeA" height="315" width="420" STANISLAVSKI, NATURALISM OR REPRESENTATIONAL ACTING. Read Chapter 3 of //Living Drama// on **Stanislavski's System**. Also read Chapter 7 in //Drama Studies// on **Acting in a Realist Drama.** The following are skills that you need to develop as an actor, particularly for the McDonalds exercise. You need to define the following **in acting terms and then add a comment about how the workshop, or exercise affected your understanding.**


 * CONCENTRATION : [[image:trinity2010-11drama/gorilla-thinker.jpg width="114" height="128"]]**


 * How is concentration a skill needed for an actor? What did you discover about concentration in the Mosquito exercise? The "Describe the Appearance" exercise? The "Enter the Room" exercise? The blind Samurai exercise. Total length for this entry should be about 250 words and be completed by Monday, Period 6.**